How to Install and Uninstall diffutils Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "diffutils" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install diffutils on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                diffutils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "diffutils" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall diffutils on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                diffutils
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the diffutils package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: diffutils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:3.8-4
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Santiago Vila
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 436
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: diffutils-doc, wdiff
Replaces: diff
Filename: pool/main/d/diffutils/diffutils_3.8-4_amd64.deb
Size: 176134
MD5sum: f0355c2990d7f4fdbde51a0e09f60b89
SHA1: 5b8511dc29b0770706007146320f143470418b1d
SHA256: da5ba4affea3518e1264278ff562c7f6625fccbe3c183624877d7612378cc70f
SHA512: e92acd731d587c92d867162aa272c5cc84afff5195cf3799438b9709d80de88b0d285c9b9908f7b610ab1d3ba92a59cccb99d7f9e2958d451cb6fd519a0698ae
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/
Description: File comparison utilities
Description-md5: 5cf0bc18e36aa2957e62b309d6aa34f9
Task: minimal